Crosscurrents: August 1, 2013

Is a BART Strike imminent?; Transit-oriented developments are taking the Bay Area back to the future; The California Cap and Trade board game, brought to you by San Francisco Public Press; and this week's Audiograph answer revealed!

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The Bay Area is one of the most congested places in the whole country ­– behind Los Angeles and Honolulu. Over the next 30 years, another two million people are expected to move here. So, how are we are all going to fit?

California’s cap and trade program creates a market place to buy and sell the rights to pollute. The system sounds simple, but there are some complex rules that must be followed. San Francisco Public Press have taken it upon themselves to break it all down and simplify what cap and trade means and how it really works. And what better way to simplify a complex system than turn it into a board game? Public Press executive director Michael Stoll and reporter and illustrator Anna Vignet joined KALW's Hana Baba to teach her the rules of the California Cap and Trade game.

The music you’re hearing is by the bilingual San Francisco band known as Makrú. You can listen for what Makrú calls a “unifying, positive vibe” in their songs when they play the Surf Spot in Pacifica on Sunday, August 4th. It’s an afternoon show, starting at 2:00pm.